Re: Bitcoin Windows gadget which displays BTC and currency amounts
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I'm not sure if the developer is even able to push a new version of the gadget... The gadget store has been dead for 10 years and I'm not aware of any method to download and install them manually.
But anyway, the other reason why it can stop working is if the server hosting the backend is brought down. In such a situation, nobody would be able to use the gadget anymore.
But anyway, the other reason why it can stop working is if the server hosting the backend is brought down. In such a situation, nobody would be able to use the gadget anymore.
They can still be installed by downloading the .gadget file and running it even without the gadget store.
There is no gadget-specific backend for this gadget, but it does rely on a few other public APIs, like Bistamp API for exchange rate, blockchain.info API for wallet balance, and currencyconverterapi for fiat exchange rate, all of which miraculously still work.
I must admit that I'm a bit proud that someone is still running this and finding it useful even after the technology it was written in was deprecated decade ago, and the OS it was running on is EOLed and no longer supported by Microsoft.
